25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
report of the Committee of Powers and Privileges on the conduct of Sen. Gloria Orwoba, MP. THAT AWARE THAT, on 20th September, 2023, the Senate adopted the Report of the Committee of Powers and Privileges on the conduct of Sen. Gloria Orwoba, MP, and resolved to suspend the Senator from the precincts of Parliament for the remainder of the Second Session of the Thirteenth Parliament which period amounted to seventy-nine (79) calendar days. COGNIZANT THAT, Sen. Orwoba subsequently sought judicial intervention, obtaining a court order that stayed the implementation of the Senate’s resolution until the matter was determined, and that ...
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to comment on this statement by Sen. Olekina on the importation of wheat. We have just had our elections and members are about to take over their responsibilities. There must be a proper plan and guidance for the country. Listening to many of my colleagues this afternoon, it is clear they do not understand that certain matters are beyond the reach of Kenya alone. This is because the legal notice that Sen. Olekina is referring to is an East African Community (EAC) regional notice, which Kenya is a signatory to. It is not ...
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not mind being informed.
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Thank you for that additional information. Sen. Olekina, you agree with what I said that, it is beyond Kenya alone to make certain decisions. We know what we are good at. Sen. Olekina, the point I wanted to make is that certain countries such as Tanzania and others, have excess maize production. The Tanzanian President spoke about the fact that they produced in anticipation that their traditional market, Kenya, would be available. Unfortunately, or fortunately for the Kenyan people, thanks to the overproduction on our side, that market is not available. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is ...
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
What we expect from our Cabinet Secretaries, which is the point that I wanted to make before you volunteered additional information, is to bring this information to the fore. However, Sen. Olekina, there is a question that we must ask ourselves. What is it that makes these millers prefer to bring wheat or whatever they are importing from out of the country in total disregard of locally available stocks? Once that question is answered, we will help our farmers produce. Is it a question of quality? Is it a question of price? Whatever the case might be, our millers prefer ...
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise under Standing Order No.111 on Limitation of Debate. The reason why I want us to limit debates is because this person has since been buried more than a month or three weeks ago. However, that does not take away the great contribution he made to the country. Given that at 5 o’clock we know the events that many of us will be attending, then it will be in order if we limit debates so that as many people as possible get a chance to speak. Looking at the time that we hardly have barely just ...
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Bw. Spika, najumuika na Maseneta wenzangu kutoa rambirambi na pia kumshabikia huyu mwanahabari ambaye ni tajika katika taifa letu la Kenya kwa kazi yake aliyoifanya kwa ustadi hadi alipofikia. Kila mwanafunzi wa masomo ya uanahabari, waliokuwa wakati ambapo alikuwa kazini na hata alipostaafu, walikuwa wanatamani wafanye kazi alipofanya. Kwa hivyo, najumuika na wenzangu kutoa pole zetu kama Seneti. Pili, najumuika na Wakenya wote ambao walimshabikia na kusema asante, heko shujaa wetu kwa kazi ambayo umeifanya kwa hali ambayo imewafurahisha Wakenya wote na kusema kweli hapa kulikuwa na mwanahabari. Siyo kila siku ambapo tunapata mtu ambaye baada ya kutuaga, watu wanamshabikia ...
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
kuhakiksha kwamba tuna ugatuzi. Tuwaandike na kusema kuwa fulani ni wa kwanza. Hii ni kwa sababu tunajua mchango wake katika kuhakikisha kuwa Kenya kuna ugatuzi. Pengine wale ambao wamezidi katika miaka ya baadaye kuhakikisha kwamba ugatuzi umekita mizizi.
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Here is a matter of a Member who did not find difficulty in apologising.
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25 Feb 2025 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is a variation of the resolution of the Senate on the report of the Committee of Powers and Privileges on the conduct of Sen. Gloria Orwoba. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT AWARE THAT on 20th September 2023, the Senate adopted the Report of the Committee of Powers and Privileges on the conduct of Sen. Gloria Orwoba, MP, and resolved to suspend the Senator from the precincts of Parliament for the remainder of the Second Session of the Thirteenth Parliament which period amounted to seventy-nine (79) calendar days; COGNIZANT THAT Sen. Orwoba subsequently sought ...
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